How to Draw a Face

In this 'how to draw a face' video you can see how using some basic shapes and measurements creates an easy way to construct a 'generic' head.

Get comfortable with how these shapes work together. Then it'll be much easier to adjust the shapes (such as the size of the eyes and nose and the shape of the mouth) to start creating faces of real people.

Remember, the head is oval and not circular! Also, even though this video starts with the outline of the head first, another way to try this is to draw the features first.

Because there's more detail in the features sometimes it can be easier to draw these first and then add the outline of the head later on.




How to Draw a Face video courtesy of Video Jug



We've created another step-by-step article that will show you how to draw faces of both men and women.

We've also got videos on the various facial features. For example, here's how to draw eyes.



Return from this 'How to Draw a Face' tutorial to the main drawing section.




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